Orioles extend qualifying offers to Davis, Chen, Wieters
By Pete Kerzel
The Orioles today announced that they have made Qualifying Offers to left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, first baseman Chris Davis and catcher Matt Wieters. Additionally, the club has selected the contract of left-hander Chris Jones from Triple-A Norfolk.
Chen, 30, went 11-8 with a 3.34 ERA (71 ER/191.1 IP) over 31 starts for the Orioles this season.
Davis, 29, batted .262/.361/.562 with 47 home runs and with 117 RBI in 160 games with the Orioles this season.
Wieters, 29, batted...The Orioles today announced that they have made Qualifying Offers to left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, first baseman Chris Davis and catcher Matt Wieters. Additionally, the club has selected the contract of left-hander Chris Jones from Triple-A Norfolk.
Chen, 30, went 11-8 with a 3.34 ERA (71 ER/191.1 IP) over 31 starts for the Orioles this season.
Davis, 29, batted .262/.361/.562 with 47 home runs and with 117 RBI in 160 games with the Orioles this season.
Wieters, 29, batted .267/.319/.422 with eight home runs and 25 RBI in 75 games with the Orioles this season.
Jones, 27, went 8-8 with a 2.94 ERA (49 ER/150.0 IP) and 105 strikeouts in 30 games (22 starts) with Triple-A Norfolk this season, including an 8-7 record and 2.96 ERA (45 ER/137.0 IP) as a starter. In 256 games (62 starts) over nine seasons in the minor leagues, Jones went 44-40 with a 3.35 ERA (262 ER/704.0 IP).
With this move, the Orioles now have 36 players on their 40-man Major League roster.
